US Senators Discuss Crypto Threat to Domestic Elections
DarkTower director Scott Dueweke said cryptocurrencies are “tailor made” for foreign powers hoping to influence American elections.
View ArticleBitcoin Unicorn Circle Records a 30% Spike in New Institutional Clients in May
Much like your eccentric uncle swears to have seen Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or — for the West Virginia readers among us — Mothman, many industry professionals have claimed for months to have...
View ArticleBitcoin Price Hasn’t Found a Bottom [Yet]: Crypto Hedge Fund Manager
The ongoing bitcoin price recovery might be short-lived and prices may suffer another retracement, but falling prices will be temporary and bitcoin remains a solid investment in the near-term. This was...
View ArticleFiat-to-Crypto in the Philippines Approaches $40 Million Per Month Despite...
A central bank official has said that digital currency conversions in the Philippines — a country where the coins are considered legal tender — hit nearly $40 million in recent months. Central Bank’s...
View ArticleAndreessen Horowitz Launches $300 Million Crypto Fund, Plans to HODL
Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s most prolific VC firms, has launched a $300 million crypto fund, something which was not surprising considering the fact they had a few job postings that...
View ArticleAlibaba and Jack Man’s Remittance Platform Ready to Take on Ripple: Ripple...
The user case application of Ripple and their products are diverse. That’s why despite XRP being an optional product and with 100 billion in circulation, their current valuation is “fair” if not...
View ArticleCrypto Wallet Startup Blockchain Launches Institutional Platform
Bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain (formerly known as Blockchain.info) launched an institutional advisory platform, the company announced Thursday.
View ArticleCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Launches Cryptocurrency Charity Fund
On June 27, 2018, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced his new cryptocurrency charity fund, GiveCrypto. Armstrong established the philanthropic venture to financially empower people with direct...
View ArticleBitmain Nears 51% of Network Hash Rate: Why This Matters and Why It Doesn’t
Recent Bitcoin block data shows that Bitcoin’s mining pools BTC.com, AntPool and ConnectBTC, respectively mined about 25.7 percent, 16.1 percent and 0.2 percent of all new blocks over the past week....
View ArticleMore Than a Quarter of U.K. Male Millennials Prefer Bitcoin to Real Estate:...
In a sign of the shift in attitudes regarding traditional investments and finance, a study conducted by a real estate developer in the United Kingdom has revealed that 27% of male millennials consider...
View ArticleAkoin For Africa? Hope, Cynicism Collide As Singer’s Coin Catches Fire
Akon is creating a new cryptocurrency founded to empower youth all over the African continent which has some hopeful and others skeptical.
View ArticleFBI Working on 130 Cryptocurrency-Related Investigations
While supervisory special agency Kyle Armstrong says the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sees cryptocurrencies in a neutral light, he mentioned at a conference that the agency currency has 130...
View ArticleIndian Crypto Exchange Asks Users to Withdraw Funds Before July 5
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided, in a circular issued on April 6, that banks in the country will no longer be allowed to do business with crypto exchanges. The deadline, which expires on July...
View ArticleBitcoin Poses Danger to U.S. Elections, Researcher Tells Congress
For a significant part of 2017 and even this year, social media platforms have taken a lot of heat over their alleged role in influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential election. And for a period of time...
View ArticleDan Larimer: “Wise men plan for civilized dispute resolution before it...
Although we are yet to see confirmations, the fact that most alt coin prices as Litecoin, IOTA, EOS and to some degree Stellar Lumens are stable and trading within tight ranges means bear pressure is...
View ArticleIOHK: “Cardano works for the Best Interest of the User and Ecosystem”:...
Charles Hoskinson is the man behind Cardano and leads the Cardano Foundation. He’s authoritative and spearheads Cardano’s development. In the spirit of interoperability, he reached out to Justin Sun...
View ArticleRoss Ulbricht Is Denied Prison Sentence Review by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court announced on June 28, 2018, that it will not reconsider the conviction or life sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind the darknet site Silk Road. At press time, no...
View ArticleVeChain Arrives: What to Know About the $1.5 Billion Blockchain for Business
After amassing more than $1 billion in investment, the VeChain blockchain is officially operational, marking the latest milestone for the project.
View ArticleExecs at Payments Giant Qiwi Launch Crypto Investment Bank
Senior staff at a Qiwi subsidiary are launching a crypto investment bank to advise ICO investors and help companies tokenize their assets.
View ArticleHow Line, Japan’s Biggest Messaging App, is Going All Out on Crypto
Line, the most widely utilized messaging application in Japan with over 200 million active monthly users, is attempting to establish dominance over the blockchain and crypto sector with various...
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